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exchange them for combs out of 

 another hive, which latter way is 

 by far the better. The bees with 

 tJje queen on tlie frame are by no 

 means in a lighting spirit, and the 

 bees of the drone-laying worker 

 colony become dispirited by taking 

 their combs and making them enter 

 a new hive with new combs. The 

 workers on the frame with their 

 queen will defend her until better 

 counsels prevail, and the drone- 

 laying worker is dethroned. 



The exchange of combs is also 

 the safest way to introduce a new 

 queen in another colony, and it 

 can be done within an hour's time 

 without fear that the bees will des- 

 troy her upon introduction, or any 

 time thereafter, when the beekeep- 

 er may wish to open and inspect 

 the hive. If the bees are forced to 

 accept of strange combs and brood, 

 they are just as ready to accept of 

 a strange queen as soon as they 

 have become convinced that the 

 loss of theii- queen and her bi'ood 

 is irreparable. This will be with- 

 in an hour's time, at the farthest. 

 I once received from California a 

 Cyprian queen unexpectedly. She 

 arrived late in the afternoon, and 

 I had no colony ready foi- her re- 

 ception. I went to a' hybrid Ital- 

 ian colony, found and removed 

 their queen, took all their comb 

 containing brood, and exchanged 

 them for others out of another hfve. 

 Half an hour later I introduced the 

 Cyprian queen in a black cage with 

 the hole filled with honey in the 

 comb. I found the queen next 

 day all right on the combs.— ^m- 

 erican Bee JournaL 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



This number closes volume I. 

 We had intended to close it in May, 

 but finding that a number of oiir 

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subscribers preferred commencing 

 in January, and as nearly all of the 

 beekeepers subscribe for their jour- 

 nals in clubs, we make the change. 



We hope that all of those who 

 wish the '' Apiculturist" success 

 will send for a few sample copies 

 to distribute among their friends. 

 We will willingly send all the cop- 

 ies of the January number that you 

 may wish to use. The outlook is 

 encouraging and we have every 

 reason to hope and expect that the 

 " Apicultukist " will live, and this 

 by the support of the beekeepers 

 who desire its publication. We 

 take this opportunity to thank our 

 many true and trusted friends for 

 assistance and support kindly and 

 cheerfully ottered ; feeling that to 

 them we are in a great measure in- 

 debted for the success which has 

 already been attained. 



Quite a number of our advertis- 

 ers have asked us to give them an 

 editorial notice. To such, we 

 would say that the prevailing cus- 

 tom of devoting so large a portion 

 of our periodicals to such notices 

 seems to us to be not only uncalled 

 for, but an injustice to those who 

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 to deal fairly and in such a way 

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 Apiculturist or advertise in its 

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 We hope that by this arrangement 

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We have just received a number 

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